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No. 424,014. Patented Mar. 25', 1890.

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oHARLEs R. MOORE, E NEWPORT, VERMONT, ASSIGNOR OE ONE HALF TO JOHN A.LORIMER, OF sAME PLACE.

FASTENING FOR STORM-WINDOWS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 424,014, dated March25, 1890.

Application filed December 26, 1889. Serial No. 334,945. (No model.)

T 0 all whom it may concern.-

Be it known thatI, CHARLES R. MOORE, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residingat Newport, in the county of Orleans and State ofVermont, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inFasten'ings for Storm- IVindows, of which the following is aspecification, reference being had therein to the ac companyingdrawings.

My invention relates to fastenings for that class of windows known asstorm-Windows or double windows, which are, particularly in northernlatitudes, applied outside of the ordinary windows to remain during thewinter and removed for the summer. As ordinarily applied these windowsare screwed against the outside face casing, the screws drawing them'toa close fit. To obviate the use of screws, which wear out the wood-workfrom year to year, and to furnish a fastening acting to equally wellsecure a close joint between the casing and the storm-sash, is theobject of my invention. My fastening also does away with the use oftools and obviates the necessity of using a ladder in operating it inwindows of the first story. I attain these objects by the devices shownin the drawings, and hereinafter fully explained.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical section of a window in a house,showing its casing, its two sashes, and the storm=window a, carrying myfastening. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section of my fasteninginline a: or of Fig. 3, hook 7?. partially pressed down upon stud g. Fig.3 is a top plan view of the same.

Like letters of reference designatethe same parts in the severalfigures.

The metallic fastener B, preferably of malleable iron, is attached tothe storm-sash a by the headed or flanged screws 1) b, passing throughthe slots 0 c, which allow of moving the fastener up and down. Withinthe back or bottom of the bed-piece 1' is a rectangular chamber (1,capable of containing the fiat-me-= tallic frictionspring f whencompressed. The stud g is not attached to the sash but to thewindow-casing. It may be a screw or aplain metallic pin, preferably ofcircular transverse section. This stud, as shown, is engaged by hook hof the fastener B. It will be seen that the heads of the screws 1) pressagainst the bed-piece 11 on each side of the slots 0, and that thespring f forces the bed-plate against the said screwheads, friction thenbeing divided between the points named and the belly of the springagainst the sash. The catch is a gravity-catch, and without the frictionspring f would drop by its own gravity to en gage the hook h with thestud g, but the said spring holds it at any elevation desired, as-

just described. The form of the hook h, it being beveled on its underside, is such that when the fastener is forced downward by pressure thestorm sa-sh will be drawn against the outer casing of the window.

The fastener may be applied to sash in such position or location as tobe most conveniently accessible from the inside, while the permanentsash remains in the casing.

The particular function of the frictionspring f is to hold the fastenersin position when the sash is held vertical in process of applying it toor detaching it from the easing. In applying the sash one person placesit in position from the outside, while an assistant, who may be a child,partly presses down the fasteners 13 until engagement with the stud g iseffected. This holds the sash in position, and the final tighteningmaybe done later. Tightening is accomplished by downward pressure uponthe thumb-rest 7c.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, the following:

1. In a storm-window fastening, the combination of the fastener B andthe frictionspring located in the back or bottom of the bedpiece,operating together substantially as described.

2. In astorm-'window fastening, the combination of the fastener B,movable on screws bib, operating in slots 0 o,and the frictionspringlocated in the back or bottom of the bed-piece, substantially asdescribed.

3. In a storm-window fastener, the bedpiece 2 recessed on its undersurface and carryin g the beveled hook h, in combination with thefriction-spring arranged in the back or bottom of the bed piece, stud g,and screwsb b, substantially as and for the purposes de= scribed.

4. In a storm-window fastening, the bedpiece 1, beveled hook h, slots 0,and screws 1), in combination with the stud substantially as described.

5. A storm window fastening having a gravity-catch and a friction-springarranged to hold the catch normally in a given position, substantiallyas described.

6. In a storm-window fastening, the movable part B, carrying in a recessthereof the frictional spring f and held against the action of gravitythereby in position for applying and removing the storm-window,substantially as described.

7. The adjustable storm-window fastener consisting, essentially, of themovable part B, frictional spring located in the back or bot tom of thebed-piece, and the headed or flanged screws 1) b, substantially asdescribed.

8. In a storm-window fastener, the combination of the movable part B andthe headed or flanged screws 1) I), held in frictional contact by thespring f, substantially as described.

9. In a storm-window fastening, the bedpiece 1', beveled hook h,thumb-rest 70, slots 0, and screws Z),in combination with stud g,substantially as and for the purposes described.

In testimony whereof I aifix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES R. MOORE.

Witnesses:

J ALEX. M. ANNIS, HENRY S. Roo'r.

